Thomas Jenkins
Male, Deceased Person
1722 – 1798
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Who was Thomas Jenkins?
Thomas Jenkins was a British antiquary and painter who went to Rome accompanying the British landscape-painter, Richard Wilson about 1750, and remained behind, establishing himself in the city by serving as cicerone and sometime banker to the visiting British, becoming a dealer in Roman sculpture and antiquities to a largely British clientele and an agent for gentlemen who wished a portrait or portrait-bust as a memento of the Grand Tour.
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